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Asharq Al-Awsat
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Beirut, Paris - Youssef Diab and Asharq Al-Awsat

Ukrainian Woman Accused of Helping Lebanon’s Central Bank Governor Fund Embezzlement

An file photo of Lebanese Central Bank Governor Riad Salameh in his office. (AFP) 

The French Judiciary indicted a Ukrainian woman, who was said to be close to the governor of Lebanon’s Central Bank, Riad Salameh, as part of its investigation into the latter’s wealth in France.  

AFP quoted a French judicial source as confirming that the charges against Ukrainian Anna Kozakova, 46, include “criminal conspiracy,” “laundering in organized gang” and “laundering of aggravated tax fraud”. 

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